IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.504 of 1998 ====================================================== SABIR LAHERI ... ... Appellant/s Versus STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : None For the Respondent/s : Mr. Dilip Kumar Sinha, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA) 8 01-07-2026 1. No one appears for the appellant. 2. Pursuant to order dated 16.12.2025 an affidavit has been filed on behalf of the Superintendent of Police, Sitamarhi along with the report dated 21.12.2025 informing that the sole appellant namely, Sabir Laheri has died about five years back. 3. Considering the affidavit as well as the report of the Police authority, the present appeal stands abated. praful/- (Anil Kumar Sinha, J) ( Alok Kumar, J) U T